F1 2023 Season
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The final points gap between Max and whoever is 2nd will say alot. 2 of vettels titles came with record points gap to 2nd place since they changed the amount of points awarded for a race. I think 155 points is still the record, which was vettels 3rd title win.
2024 calender has changed.
Full 2024 F1 calendar
29 February - 2 March - Bahrain
7-9 March - Saudi Arabia
22-24 March - Australia
5-7 April - Japan
19-21 April - China
3-5 May - Miami
17-19 May - Emilia-Romagna
24-26 May - Monaco
7-9 June - Canada
21-23 June - Spain
28-30 June - Austria
5-7 July - United Kingdom
19-21 July - Hungary
26-28 July - Belgium
23-25 August - Netherlands
30 August - 1 September - Italy
13-15 September - Azerbaijan
20-22 September - Singapore
18-20 October - USA (Austin)
25-27 October - Mexico City
1-3 November - Brazil
21-23 November - Las Vegas
29 November - 1 December - Qatar
6-8 December - Abu Dhabi
Full 2024 F1 calendar
29 February - 2 March - Bahrain
7-9 March - Saudi Arabia
22-24 March - Australia
5-7 April - Japan
19-21 April - China
3-5 May - Miami
17-19 May - Emilia-Romagna
24-26 May - Monaco
7-9 June - Canada
21-23 June - Spain
28-30 June - Austria
5-7 July - United Kingdom
19-21 July - Hungary
26-28 July - Belgium
23-25 August - Netherlands
30 August - 1 September - Italy
13-15 September - Azerbaijan
20-22 September - Singapore
18-20 October - USA (Austin)
25-27 October - Mexico City
1-3 November - Brazil
21-23 November - Las Vegas
29 November - 1 December - Qatar
6-8 December - Abu Dhabi
Any idea why FP2 is delayed? Cameras again?
Damage to a part of the ARMCO apparently damaged in FP1 , they fixed it enough for F2 and 3 , but needed more.
Is there film shooting on raceday?
Quite a few changes to the circuit, some probably as a result of Zhou's and Nissany's/Hauger's accidents last year:
26) Changes to the Circuit
26) Changes to the Circuit
- The straight-ahead gravel part in the run-off in Turn 1 [Abbey] has been replaced with a 40x40m asphalt section.
- Between Turn 5 [Aintree] and Turn 6 [Brooklands] on LHS new concrete walls with FIA fence have been installed.
- At Turn 6 [Brooklands] the tyre barriers have been replaced with new tyres including new conveyor belt.
- At Turn 7 [Luffield] on LHS the gravel trap has been reduced by 5m of the track edge.
- At Turn 9 [Copse] the tyre barriers have been replaced with new tyres including new conveyor belt.
- Between Turn 13 [Becketts] and Turn 14 [Chapel] on LHS barriers realigned for approx. 260m length.
- New asphalt on LHS at exit Turn 14 [Chapel] connecting to Hangar Straight.
- The gravel trap at Turn 15 [Stowe] has been extended by 8m over a length of approx. 120m.
- At Turn 16 [the first part of the chicane at Vale] the combination kerb on LHS has been reduced by 5m.
I just hope the idiots of Oil protest don't disrupt the race.
I think after Wimbledon, it’s a nailed on cert they will try something
Leclerc not out for FP2 problem deep in the engine apparently.
Electric problem.
The tyre pressures for this weekend are insanely high! Over 26 for the fronts - that's higher than the second race in 2020 when Pirelli made the tyres a step softer. That race led to Mercedes getting it horribly wrong - wonder if anyone else will suffer this year.
I find a Wimbledon protest mildly annoying. A Silverstone protest is putting other peoples/drivers lives at risk.
Williams upgrade seems to be working.
Merc upgrades not doing much.
Williams doing well.
Williams doing well.
Yeah they're going to be part of the formation lap.
Agreed but they want publicity and they would get it here.
Might put Williams in my top 10 on predictions.
40 % chance of rain on Saturday and Sunday.
Another false dawn for mercedes? 1.2 off of first place and struggling badly.
Mercedes look worse recently then they did in few races before, which is weird because Aston haven't impvored either, they should have at least caught them.
Williams though, seem like they've made a proper step.
Is that ferrari guessing as mercs didntnrun softs in fp2?
They already struggle to keep things straight with their own team. Can't expect them to do a better job with other teams tbf to them.
They're going very conservative as they've introduced a new construction of tyre this weekend.
Are you sure, I am pretty sure I saw everyone on softs at start of the session?
They didn't go out on softs on FP1. FP2 they did. The ones posted on the last page are from FP1.
Ah gotcha - must have missed it then but were their fastest laps on softs? Or were they running with high fuel at the time?
Cheers, thought it was the other way round .
looking at the weather , Saturday has thunderstorm warnings, FP3 could be a wet thundery one, qualifying could be dry.
Sunday looks dry also.
Sunday looks dry also.
No idea what they did or tried to do
They definitely did a lot of high fuel runs and seemed happy with the long run pace, which led some to speculate that they were sandbagging, then Lewis and George said the car's shit.Think they'll be fine during the race but if the pace they showed today is what they got for the quali, then they'll have a lot of climbing to do.
Is this a sign of the extra wind tunnel time giving the lower teams a boost ?
No, I think we're seeing just circuit specifics which William's recent upgrades perform better in. I'd expect them to perform well at Spa & Monza as well this year, but struggle at places like Hungary.
The floors are so bloody sensitive and keeping the aerodynamic centre of pressure of the underfloor stable is a nightmare. Some cars on some tracks just seem to work i.e. the setup and floor just works then on other tracks the same floor and setup, doesnt.
The RB with its anti-dive front end and anti-lift rear end seems to keep the aerodynamic centre of pressure stable on all tracks (so far), which is why its a class apart.
Apparently AM are suffering from front end washout at silverstone and mercedes are suffering from a snappy rear end on high speed corners.
Also as one article put it mercedes have put a band aid on the car when it needs proper surgery (i.e. next years car due to the cost cap).
Coming back to Williams, how a car with a floor that could have been ordered on amazon from china is so quick is a mystery. Ground effect seems to be a very difficult subject to master for the best and brightest of F1.
Im coming round to the idea that the FIA have made a grave mistake. Ground effect and cost cap dont go hand in hand. Take the cost cap away and i think the teams chasing RB would be abit closer to them.
I think you have an excellent point here, they wanted the cost cap to bring teams closer together, but it seems to have done the opposite, but its hear to stay.
Car handling better at some tracks has always been the case and drivers, but RB seems to have nailed it at all tracks.
Willams upgrades seem to have nailed this track, where has Mercedes have gone backwards, well thats what it looks like, yes they maybe be holding back for qualifying and the race, we shall have to wait and see, but like you say, Mercedes needs major surgery and that wont happen this season, this season smacks again of damage limitation , give Russell and Hamilton enough to keep them in the top 3/4 but nothing more.
No running for Leclerc in FP2 has to be a worry for Ferrari, with just FP3 to gather enough data and that looks like it could be wet and with the race looking dry, they are already on the back foot.
AM are very up and down, one minute they look second fastest on the grid, the next they are struggling.